Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Sweet Potato Pie

It may not be sexy, but sweet potato pie is GOOD. Now, I love my pumpkin...in all kinds of baked goods...but I must say, where pie is concerned, I prefer sweet potato.

And I have a confession to make...I made the pie yesterday and today at lunch, it was calling me from the fridge. I kicked off my boots, put on my comfy socks, curled up in the big chair in our bedroom, flicked on my DVR'd Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and ate PIE for lunch. It was the best, most decadent lunch EVER.

The pie is really pretty simple. (And I'm begging you to give it a try.) If you cook the sweet potatoes the day before, you can put this pie together in a jiffy.

Peel the potatoes and cut into chunks of approximately the same size...about 1.5".

{Do NOT place the peels in your garbage disposal...so say my notes from "The Thanksgiving without a working garbage disposal, 2003."}

Place in a dutch oven, cover with water and bring to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes, or until tender with pierced with a paring knife. Drain in a colander, then transfer to a food processor. Process until smooth.

Set aside to cool. (This will make more than you'll need for the pie.)

Place an oven rack on the lowest shelf and preheat oven to 350.

Use a food processor to combine the graham crackers, sugar, ginger and salt until finely ground. Add the melted butter and pulse until moist crumbs form.

Dump the mixture into a glass 9" pie pan and press into the bottom and up sides of the pan. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar until blended. Whisk in the cooled sweet potato puree, half and half, lemon juice, vanilla, salt and allspice until completely smooth. Pour into the prepared crust and use an offset spatula to smooth the top.

Place the pie on a cookie sheet and bake 40-50 minutes until set. The pie filling should not jiggle much at all when shaken.

Transefer to a wire rack to cool, about 2 hours. Refrigerate once cooled.

Before serving, make the whipped cream. Chill the bowl and whisk attachment in the freezer for a few minutes before whipping. Beat the cream and sugar together until soft peaks form. Dollop on the pie.

{Isn't dollop a good word?}

Promise me you'll make it? Ok? After one bite, you might decide sweet potato pie is sexy after all.

{Cheryl of TidyMom is having her 3rd annual Love the Pie party! Come see all of the other delicious pies linked up!!! It's like a pie potluck!}

Sweet potato pie for lunch is a great lunch! You know you were going to have a little piece even if you ate a regular lunch, so you might as well just save the calories for the pie ;) That's my attitude this time of year :)

My Mom makes sweet potato pies every year for thanksgiving and people put in their requests months in advance. Its ridiculous how each of us can sit there and eat a whole pie to ourselves. The pictures made me teary eye and made me miss my Mom even more (she lives in Hawaii we're stationed in Georgia). I keep asking her for her recipe but she gives me the basic ingredients and tells me to keep adding til I get the taste just right. I tried one year and never tried again. This year I will try and bribe her to write down and measure ;-) but when you have been making it for over 40 years I guess there are no real measurements.

I have never had sweet potato pie... and now I cant figure out why! It looks absolutely wonderful! Your pictures and instructions are so clear... I might even be able to MAKE one! Ok. Now I am just talking crazy.

Okay!So I knew there was a reason we are BESTIES!I LOVE the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills~they're the only housewives I HEART/watch! ;)This pie looks perfect!I can just smell this baking on Thanksgiving Day!Greg would think he was living in an old~timey Thanksgiving if I would make this.Brown Sugar whipped cream!! Oh ME! That's a DALLOP of perfection right there!I really need a food processor.Why don't I have a food processor?WEIRD!I sold my old one in a yard sale~I had big intentions of gifting myself with that gigantic Cusinart food processor once we moved to Seattle.I have yet to make that purchase.I love this pie Bridget!Wish we could eat this pie together and watch a marathon of Housewives of Beverly Hills~xoxoxo

I cook my sweet potatoes in the microwave, then pull the peels off the cooked potatoes (so much easier than peeling raw sweet potatoes) -- I also add about 1/4 cup of room temp apple cider to the potatoes in the food processor. (BTW, the peels are great for the compost bin --- next spring your garden will thank you!)

I made this pie for Thanksgiving, and it was a HUGE hit! I modified it by using half gingersnaps and half graham crackers for the crust, and I added a drop of maple extract to the filling. But it was so phenomenal. I'm adding it to my Thanksgiving recipe box from now on!

I made this pie tonight for dinner. I almost cried when I cut the pie, it went soft and didn't make the triangle shape like your picture. It turned out I didn't read the rest of the recipe "cool after 2 hours and fridge". Oh my!!! My husband ate half of the pie anyway because he said it was soooo good. We put another half in the fridge for lunch tomorrow. Thank you so much for the recipe.

I made this yesterday.... AMAZING!! I think it has overtaken my love for pumpkin pie. My fiance said I can make it every day. Will be hanging onto this recipe and making it again for sure soon...like maybe tomorrow cause it is already almost gone!

Hi! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I was looking for a simple sweet potato pie recipe at the last minute after I had some extra mashed sweet potatoes after making sweet potato casserole. I didn't have any graham crackers on hand and decided to make mine into mini sweet potato pies. I just had one, and it was great! I linked back to your post from my post tonight. I hope that is okay with you!Amy @ http://www.thegiftedgabber.com/

Delicious pie! I made it for Christmas, but didn't have it in me to make the brown sugar whipped cream after all the big meal work I had done. I would like to try it again when I'm not so worn out and make the special whipped cream- could only make it more delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe!

I was an adult before I learned to like pumpkin pie. My mom always made sweet potato pie. A few times at family get togethers, I accidentally got pumpkin and thought it was awful! I have now learned to enjoy pumpkin pie, but sweet potato pie will always be my favorite. I never got my mothers' recipe, but I am going to try this one. Looks perfect! One of my favorite childhood memories...

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